Archives by Month: September 2017

Scammers have been targeting Idaho Power customers in recent days by calling to demand immediate payment. Some even use technology to make the calls appear to come from an Idaho Power employee. This common scam involves a caller telling a […]

OXBOW, Oregon — Traffic over Hells Canyon Dam will be restricted Monday and Tuesday next week and during the following week while crews use heavy equipment to remove stoplogs from the dam’s spill gates. On Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 25–26, […]

Cooler temperatures have moved into our region, although many customers are still receiving their electricity bills for August, which was a high-use month for most. The arrival of fall is an excellent time to prepare for the cold winter months […]

The September edition of Connections, Idaho Power’s customer newsletter, focuses on how the company plans for future energy needs. The 2017 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), a 20-year look at expected growth and how to continue providing reliable, responsible energy at […]

Join Idaho Power and the Idaho Chapter Sierra Club for National Drive Electric Week! We are hosting a free car show from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16, at our downtown Boise office, to highlight the excitement, environmental benefits […]

More than five million people were without power in Florida Monday after Hurricane Irma barreled through. That’s triple the population of the entire state of Idaho. Although Idaho doesn’t have hurricanes, Idaho Power customers can face outages due to fire, […]

Protecting birds of prey has long been a mission at Idaho Power. Over Labor Day weekend, two employees put that mission into action at Swan Falls Dam. Chad Owens and Jeremy Torkelson were on call when a customer reported a […]

It is back-to-school time for Idaho Power’s community education representatives (CER). It is a busy season for the five CERs, who will spend the academic year visiting classrooms in every corner of our service area. “It’s quite a ramp up […]

It takes an impressive combination of nature and technology to generate electricity at Idaho Power’s 17 hydroelectric facilities. Many of these plants have been in operation for the better part of a century, and the generators are remarkably durable. But […]